Optimizing Production Performance and Data Reliability for a Leading Craft Brewery
A craft brewery's Ignition system slowed as data grew, its database expanded unchecked and OEE data was incomplete. ITHENA optimised logging and retention, scaled the infrastructure and validated OEE data.
- Client
- Craft brewery
- Industry
- Food and beverage (brewing)
- Solution
- ITHENA with Ignition
- Scope
- Scalability, data logging and retention, OEE data readiness, historical insights
- Headline result
- 58% slower database growth
Three numbers the brewery's data moved.
Results after ITHENA optimised the brewery's Ignition system.
Reduction in database growth rate
Optimised logging and retention slowed database growth.
Higher OEE data accuracy and reliability
Validated OEE data gave accurate performance measurement.
Improvement in system performance
Tuned infrastructure kept the system fast as volumes grew.
Meet the organization and understand the context behind the transformation.
A prominent craft brewery specializing in producing high-quality beers through advanced brewing techniques and sustainable manufacturing practices. Facing challenges in system performance, limited infrastructure scalability, uncontrolled database growth, and incomplete OEE data, the client partnered with ITHENA. The outcome was scalable infrastructure, optimized data logging, validated OEE data, and rapid access to historical insights, delivering enhanced production visibility, reliable performance metrics, faster decision-making, and more sustainable operations, reducing errors and improving overall plant efficiency.
ITHENA’s expertise in optimizing our infrastructure and data strategy has transformed how we monitor production. With reliable OEE data, faster insights, and scalable systems, our team can make confident, data-driven decisions, improving operational efficiency across the brewery.
Director of Manufacturing Excellence
A system slowing under its own data.
Growing data slowed performance, and OEE data was incomplete.
- Difficulty in maintaining consistent system performance as data volumes increased
- Limited scalability of existing infrastructure to support future growth
- Rapid and uncontrolled database growth affecting system stability and costs
- Lack of complete and reliable OEE data for accurate performance measurement
How ITHENA closed the gaps.
ITHENA, in partnership with Ignition, empowered the client with:
Scalability & Performance Optimization
Optimized server capacity, database growth, and logging for a high-performance, scalable architecture for the Ignition SCADA application
Optimized Data Logging & Retention
Implemented logging-on-change, dead-bands, and data retention policies to control database growth on Ignition Tag Historian Module
OEE Data Readiness & Alignment
Closed data gaps, manual data entry automation, and aligned OEE calculations with industry standards
Reliable Production & Historical Insights
Validated OPC streams and enabled fast access to aggregated production insights